Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Caught in the Crosshairs - full transcript

MILDRED WILLIAMS WAS
JUST YOUR AVERAGE ARMY WIFE.

JOHN WAS A MAN OF HIS WORD.

HE SAID WHAT HE MEANT,
AND HE MEANT WHAT HE SAID.

BUT WHEN HER HUSBAND
FINALLY RETURNED FROM THE GULF WAR,

MILDRED FOUND HERSELF SLEEPING
WITH THE ENEMY.

JOHN SAID TO ME,
"YOU HAVE BECOME MY ENEMY,

AND AS MY ENEMY,
I WILL KILL YOU."

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT JOHN
WOULD BE CAPABLE OF THIS.

THIS WAS JUST TOTALLY
OUT OF CHARACTER.

AND BEFORE LONG,
THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD KNOW

JUST HOW DIABOLICAL
HER HUSBAND HAD BECOME.



THERE WAS NO STOPPING JOHN.
HE WAS A KILLING MACHINE.

WHEN IT COMES
TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
WHAT THEY SEEM.

MILDRED GREEN
WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER

AND NEVER KNEW HER FATHER,

SO WHEN IT CAME
TO CHOOSING THE RIGHT MAN,

HER MOTHER GAVE HER
STRONG WORDS OF ADVICE.

WHAT SHE DID SAY IS THAT,
"YOU SHOULD FIND A MAN

"WHO SAYS WHAT HE MEANS
AND MEANS WHAT HE SAYS.

MAKE SURE THAT HE IS
A MAN OF HIS WORD."

AND ON A BALMY
SEPTEMBER DAY IN 1983,

MILDRED DID JUST THAT.

SHE WAS OUT WITH A GIRLFRIEND
WHEN SHE MET JOHN WILLIAMS,

A CHARMING MAN OF HIS WORD.



HE WAS REALLY ATTRACTIVE,

'CAUSE HE HAD A BEAUTIFUL SMILE,

AND HE SAID, "I'M JOHN.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT?"

MILDRED AND JOHN HAD
THEIR FIRST DATE THAT VERY EVENING.

WE SPENT THREE HOURS
JUST TALKING,

AND HE ENDED UP SAYING,
"ARE YOU SEEING ANYBODY?"

AND I SAID,
"NO, I'M JUST WAITING

FOR THE RIGHT MAN
TO COME ALONG."

AND HE SAID,
"WELL, YOU JUST MET HIM."

I WAS LIKE, "WOW."

THE COUPLE DATED
EXCLUSIVELY FOR TWO YEARS

UNTIL JOHN, WHO WAS
IN THE ARMY RESERVES,

WAS CALLED UP TO SERVE

AT THE ARMY BASE
IN FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON.

BUT ONLY A MONTH
AFTER HIS DEPARTURE,

JOHN COULDN'T GET MILDRED
OUT OF HIS MIND.

HE SENT ME AN AIRLINE TICKET,
AND HE SAID,

"I NEED YOU.
I CAN'T MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU.

CAN YOU PLEASE COME?"

AND SO I TOLD MY MOM...
I SAID, "GOT TO GO, MOM."

JOHN WAS IN LOVE WITH MILDRED,

AND MILDRED FELL
OPENLY IN LOVE WITH HIM.

IT WAS HER AND JOHN.

AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW,

"I NEVER WANT YOU TO LOSE THAT
SPARKLE IN YOUR EYE FOR ME."

HE SAID, "I'M GONNA DO
EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW HOW

TO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THAT."

THREE YEARS AFTER THE MOVE,

THE SPARKLE IN MILDRED'S EYES
STILL BURNED BRIGHT,

AND ON MARCH 10, 1988,
MILDRED AND JOHN WERE MARRIED.

THE DAY OF OUR WEDDING,

I WAS THE HAPPIEST WOMAN
IN THE WORLD.

I LOVED JOHN.

THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND

THAT HE WAS
ALL THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

JOHN WAS DRESSED
IN HIS MILITARY UNIFORM,

AND MILDRED WAS
IN HER WHITE WEDDING GOWN.

WE WAS VERY HAPPY FOR MILDRED.

TWO YEARS
AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED,

A LIFELONG DREAM OF MILDRED'S
WAS FULFILLED

AS THE COUPLE WELCOMED
THEIR FIRST SON, JOHN JR.

JOHN WAS A GOOD DAD,
AND HE REALLY TOOK TIME.

HE CAME HOME FROM WORK.
HE ATE DINNER.

HE PLAYED WITH HIS SON.
THAT WAS THE ROUTINE.

A YEAR AFTER
THEIR FIRST CHILD ARRIVED,

JOHN RECEIVED ORDERS
TO SERVE IN THE GULF WAR.

I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS,

BECAUSE JOHN SAT ME DOWN,
AND HE SAID, "LOOK."

AND HE HAD WROTE OUT A PLAN
FOR ME TO CARRY OUT

SHOULD HE NOT
MAKE IT BACK ALIVE.

MUCH TO MILDRED'S RELIEF,

IN MARCH OF 1991,
JUST THREE MONTHS AFTER HE LEFT,

JOHN RETURNED HOME WITH
JUST A MINOR SHOULDER INJURY.

BUT THE MAN WHO WALKED
THROUGH THE DOOR

WAS A FAR CRY FROM THE MAN
MILDRED HAD MARRIED.

HE WOULD SIT IN A CHAIR
AND ROCK BACK AND FORTH,

AND I'D SAY, "HONEY,
IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO?"

"NO, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT."

TO MILDRED,
IT SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS LIVING

WITH SOMEONE ELSE ENTIRELY,

AND LIFE FOR THE COUPLE
CONTINUED ON A DOWNWARD SPIRAL.

EIGHT YEARS
AND TWO MORE CHILDREN LATER,

JOHN WOULD END UP
DRIVING MILDRED AWAY.

HIS BEHAVIOR HAD ESCALATED

TO A POINT NOW
TO WHERE IT WAS

ABOUT HIS MANIPULATION
AND CONTROL OF MILDRED.

BY THE SUMMER OF 1999,

MILDRED HAD FILED FOR DIVORCE,
AND JOHN MOVED OUT.

THEY AGREED THAT HE WOULD GET
THE KIDS EVERY OTHER WEEKEND.

ON MARCH 23, 2000,
JOHN HAD SCHEDULED A VISIT,

SO HE HAD THE KIDS
STARTING ON THAT FRIDAY.

ON MONDAY, MILDRED RECEIVED
WHAT SHE THOUGHT

WAS JUST AN ORDINARY PHONE CALL.

I GET A CALL FROM JOHN,
AND LITTLE JOHN IS ON THE PHONE.

AND I SAID, "ASK YOUR DAD
WHAT TIME ARE YOU COMING BACK."

HE SAID, "TELL HER WE'LL BE
BACK IN AN HOUR."

I SAID,
"OKAY. SO, 8:30, RIGHT?"

HE SAID, "YES, MA'AM."

BUT WHEN 8:30 CAME AND
WENT WITH NO SIGN OF THE CHILDREN,

HER MOTHER'S INTUITION
KICKED IN.

SHE SAID, "SOMETHING'S WRONG.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BACK."

AND SO, IT WAS 11:35 P.M.

JOHN CALLED AND SAID,
"WE ARE EN ROUTE FROM SEATTLE.

WE WILL BE THERE SHORTLY."

AND SEATTLE IS 45 MINUTES AWAY.

AND AS SOON
AS I HUNG UP THE PHONE,

I THINK, "...

SOMETHING'S WRONG."

MILDRED WAS ABOUT TO FACE

EVERY PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE.

AND I WAITED
IN THE LIVING ROOM IN A CHAIR,

AND THEY DIDN'T COME HOME.

NOW MILDRED HAD
NO IDEA WHERE HER CHILDREN WERE

OR IF SHE WOULD
EVER SEE THEM AGAIN.

THE SITUATION WAS UNIMAGINABLE.

AND THINGS WERE ABOUT TO GET
EVEN WORSE.

I ONLY THOUGHT
HE WAS GONNA KILL ME.

I NEVER, EVER THOUGHT HE WOULD
INCLUDE OTHER PEOPLE.

IN MARCH OF 1991,

NINE YEARS BEFORE HER HUSBAND
WOULD KIDNAP THEIR OWN CHILDREN,

MILDRED WILLIAMS WAS
A FAITHFUL ARMY WIFE

WITH A YOUNG SON

AND A HUSBAND WHO JUST RETURNED
FROM THE GULF WAR.

JOHN WAS VERY ANGRY.

HIS OUTLOOK ON LIFE HAD CHANGED.

BUT IT DIDN'T CHANGE
FOR THE BETTER.

AFTER MONTHS
WITH NO IMPROVEMENT,

MILDRED SUSPECTED
THAT JOHN MIGHT BE SUFFERING

FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS.

HE HAD NO PSYCHOLOGICAL
PREPPING WHEN HE RETURNED,

NOR WAS HE DEBRIEFED.

AND SO I FELT
THAT WHAT I NEEDED TO DO

WAS JUST TRY
TO UNDERSTAND HIM BETTER

AND HELP HIM THE BEST
THAT I CAN.

TOGETHER,
THE COUPLE BEGAN STUDYING

THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM,

EVEN CHANGING
THEIR LAST NAME TO MUHAMMAD.

BUT JOHN'S BEHAVIOR
GREW MORE AND MORE BIZARRE.

THE MORE I TRIED
TO UNDERSTAND HIM,

THE MORE HE FELT
LIKE I WAS HIS ENEMY.

JOHN BEGAN RIDING
A BLACK BICYCLE LATE AT NIGHT,

CARRYING A RIFLE,
BUT REFUSED TO TELL MILDRED WHY.

AND I SAID, "ARE YOU
GONNA TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?"

HE'D SAY, "NO."

THEN HE WAS LIKE, "YOU'RE
ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS."

SHE WAS SCARED BECAUSE SHE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT JOHN WOULD DO.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
FOR JOHN'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR

TO AFFECT HIS MILITARY CAREER,

AND IN THE SPRING OF 1994,
HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED.

NOW IN NEED OF A NEW CAREER,

JOHN TURNED HIS LOVE OF FIXING
CARS INTO A NEW ENTERPRISE.

JOHN COULD FIX CARS.
I KNEW PAPERWORK.

BEFORE LONG,

BUSINESS AT THEIR HOME
CAR-REPAIR SHOP WAS BOOMING,

AND AT LAST, THINGS SEEMED
TO BE ON THE UPSWING...

UNTIL ONE DAY WHEN MILDRED GOT
A CALL FROM A FEMALE CUSTOMER,

LODGING A DISTURBING COMPLAINT.

SHE SAID THAT,
"YOUR HEAD MECHANIC, JOHN,

"IS... PROPOSITIONING ME

"TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM

IN ORDER FOR HIM
TO REPAIR MY CAR."

I SAID, "YES, MA'AM.
I WILL HANDLE IT."

WHEN SHE DID APPROACH JOHN,
HE DENIED IT.

BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.

AFTER YEARS OF STANDING
BY HER HUSBAND,

THIS TIME,
MILDRED HAD REACHED HER LIMIT.

AS TIME WENT ON,

MORE WOMEN CAME UP IN THAT WAY,

AND SO JULY OF 1999,

I ASKED JOHN FOR A DIVORCE.

AND THAT IS WHEN THINGS
BEGAN TO ESCALATE

IN TERMS
OF HIS EMOTIONAL ABUSE.

IN SEPTEMBER OF 1999,
JOHN MOVED OUT,

BUT HE DID NOT TAKE
THE SEPARATION LIGHTLY.

INSTEAD, HIS BEHAVIOR WENT
FROM BIZARRE TO TERRIFYING.

HE WOULD COME IN
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

AND STAND OVER ME,

AND I COULD FEEL HIS PRESENCE,

AND I HAD TO OPEN MY EYE
TO A SLIVER

SO I CAN WATCH HIM WALK

FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BED
TO THE OTHER.

AND THEN HE WOULD LEAVE.

FEARING FOR HER LIFE,

MILDRED WAS FORCED TO TAKE OUT
A RESTRAINING ORDER.

AND WHEN SHE DID,
JOHN WENT OVER THE EDGE.

MILDRED!

AND HE SAYS,
"I AM NOT GOING

"TO LET YOU RAISE
MY CHILDREN ON YOUR OWN.

"YOU HAVE BECOME MY ENEMY,

AND AS MY ENEMY,
I WILL KILL YOU."

MILDRED KNEW JOHN
WAS A MAN OF HIS WORD,

BUT BEFORE HE WOULD ATTEMPT
TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS THREAT,

JOHN WOULD TAKE AWAY
THE THING MILDRED LOVED MOST.

AND HE'D TAKE OTHERS
DOWN WITH THEM.

HER WORST FEARS
WERE NOW STARTING TO UNFOLD.

WITH THE DIVORCE
FROM JOHN UNDER WAY,

MILDRED MUHAMMAD
HAD A RESTRAINING ORDER

AGAINST HER HUSBAND.

BUT HE WAS STILL ALLOWED
TO SEE THEIR THREE CHILDREN.

ON MARCH 23, 2000,

HE TOOK THEM AWAY ON A WEEKEND
VISIT AND NEVER RETURNED.

EVERY MOMENT WAS A HARD MOMENT
WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE GONE.

I HAD TO STOP LIVING DAY BY DAY,

WHICH WAS REDUCED
TO MINUTE BY MINUTE.

THE LIFE HAD BEEN
SUCKED OUT OF ME.

I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE JOHN

TOOK THE CHILDREN FOR A WHILE
AND WOULD BRING THEM BACK.

BUT AS DAYS KEPT PASSING

AND WEEKS KEPT PASSING

AND MONTHS KEPT PASSING,

THEN WE WAS VERY ALARMED.

IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH
FOR MILDRED TO BEAR.

SHE QUIT EATING. SHE JUST
DID NOT HAVE AN APPETITE.

WEIGHT LOSS,
HAIR FALLING OUT.

I COULD SEE THE TOLL IT WAS
TAKING ON HER PHYSICALLY,

AND SHE WAS DYING INSIDE.

FINALLY, ON AUGUST 31, 2001...

18 MONTHS AFTER JOHN
AND THE CHILDREN DISAPPEARED...

MILDRED GOT THE PHONE CALL
SHE'D BEEN WAITING FOR.

YES. HOW ARE YOU?

THE DETECTIVE CALLED,
AND HE SAID, "MISS MUHAMMAD?"

I WAS LIKE, "YES, SIR?"
HE SAID, "WE GOT YOUR CHILDREN."

I DROPPED THE PHONE.

I STARTED SCREAMING AND RUNNING
UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS.

THEN MILDRED HEARD THE VOICES

THAT SHE'D BEEN MISSING
FOR SO LONG.

SO SALENA GETS ON THE PHONE,

AND SHE SAYS,
"HEY, MOMMY, GUESS WHAT."

I SAY, "WHAT?"
SHE SAYS, "I'M 9 YEARS OLD."

I SAID, "I KNOW THAT.
HOW YOU DOING?"

SHE SAID, "I'M GOOD."

JOHN HAD BEEN LIVING
IN ANTIGUA

FOR A YEAR AND A HALF
WITH THE KIDS

AND HAD CHANGED THEIR NAMES.

BUT WHEN HE RETURNED
TO THE UNITED STATES,

THE LAW FINALLY CAUGHT UP
WITH HIM.

JOHN WENT TO SOCIAL SERVICES TO
APPLY FOR FOOD STAMPS AND CASH.

THEY DID A CROSS-REFERENCE
ON THE CHILDREN'S NAMES

AND FOUND OUT
THAT THEY WERE KIDNAPPED,

AND SO THEY ARRESTED HIM.

WE WERE SO EXCITED THE DAY
THAT WE HAD HOPED AND PRAYED FOR

HAD FINALLY, FINALLY CAME.

THE NIGHTMARE MAY HAVE ENDED,

BUT SINCE THERE WAS NO FORMAL
CUSTODY ARRANGED BETWEEN THEM,

MILDRED COULDN'T PURSUE
ANY CHARGES AGAINST JOHN

THAT CARRIED JAIL TIME.

MY HANDS WERE TOTALLY TIED

BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE
A PARENTING PLAN,

AND HE IS THEIR FATHER.

THERE WAS ONLY
ONE THING MILDRED COULD DO.

SHE WENT TO COURT.

AND THE JUDGE SAYS,

"JOHN, SHE WILL GET CUSTODY
OF THE CHILDREN,

SO HERE'S THIS DOCUMENT
YOU NEED TO SIGN."

JOHN SIGNED THE DOCUMENT
AND THREW IT BACK AT THE COURT.

AND HE STORMS OUT THE COURTROOM.

AT THIS POINT, WE KNEW THAT,
WHATEVER HE WAS CAPABLE OF,

THE BATTLE WAS ON.

THE VERY NEXT MORNING,
FEARING JOHN'S REVENGE,

MILDRED TOOK HER CHILDREN

AND FLED TO HER SISTER'S HOUSE
IN MARYLAND.

ONCE THERE, SHE WAS BARELY ABLE
TO CATCH HER BREATH.

COMING TO MARYLAND
DID NOT DIMINISH

THE POSSIBILITY
THAT JOHN WAS GOING TO FIND ME,

'CAUSE, SEE,
JOHN WAS GONNA KILL ME.

JOHN WAS IN THE MILITARY.
JOHN KNEW HOW TO TRACK.

THEN, IN OCTOBER OF 2002,

MILDRED HAD
SOMETHING NEW TO FEAR.

A SERIES
OF RANDOM SHOOTINGS BEGAN

THAT PUT THE ENTIRE WASHINGTON,
D.C., AREA ON HIGH ALERT.

WE DIDN'T KNOW
IF THIS WAS ONE PERSON

OR TWO OR MORE.

AND THE KILLINGS, RIGHT
ON THEIR FACE, WERE RANDOM.

THE PANIC STARTED
WHEN A MAN WAS GUNNED DOWN

IN THE PARKING LOT
OF A MARYLAND GROCERY STORE.

THEN, THE NEXT MORNING,

FOUR MORE PEOPLE
WERE SHOT TO DEATH

IN A SERIES OF RANDOM SHOOTINGS
ACROSS THE D.C. AREA.

WE WERE LIKE, "MY GOODNESS.

WE ARE IN
FOR SOME VAST AND EVIL DAYS."

NOW MILDRED WAS FACED
WITH THE ADDED STRESS

OF NOT ONLY KEEPING HER KIDS
SAFE FROM HER EX-HUSBAND,

BUT FROM A CRAZED SNIPER,
AS WELL.

WE WERE JUST AS FEARFUL
AS EVERYONE ELSE.

WE DIDN'T GO OUTSIDE.

AND ON TOP OF THAT,
I WAS LOOKING FOR JOHN, TOO.

BUT MILDRED HAD NO IDEA

THAT HER OWN PERSONAL NIGHTMARE
WAS ABOUT TO COLLIDE

WITH THE TRAGEDY MAKING
HEADLINE NEWS AROUND THE WORLD.

ON OCTOBER 23, 2002,

A KNOCK CAME AT MILDRED'S DOOR
THAT WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.

I SAID, "WHAT? JOHN?"

CAN YOU IMAGINE
A FEDERAL AGENT TELLING YOU,

"BY THE WAY,
THAT WAS SOMEONE YOU MARRIED"?

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE BEING
PUNCHED IN THE HEAD.

IN OCTOBER OF 2002,

MILDRED MUHAMMAD WAS ONE
OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS

WHO WATCHED IN HORROR

AS NEWS REPORTS
OF THE D.C. SNIPER CONTINUED.

IN LESS THAN A MONTH,

A TOTAL OF 10 PEOPLE
WERE BRUTALLY GUNNED DOWN,

AND POLICE WERE WORKING DAY
AND NIGHT TO STOP THE RAMPAGE.

MY FEAR FOR JOHN
WAS MORE HEIGHTENED

THAN MY FEAR FOR THE SNIPER,

BECAUSE I KNEW JOHN
WAS GONNA GET ME,

BUT THE SNIPER
WAS A RANDOM THING.

IT COULD BE ANYBODY.

AFTER THREE WEEKS OF
ROUND-THE-CLOCK INVESTIGATIONS,

AUTHORITIES WERE
ABOUT TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE

THE NAMES OF THE SUSPECTS.

BUT FIRST, THEY HAD
ONE LAST STOP TO MAKE.

OCTOBER 23rd, JUST AS WE
WERE SITTING DOWN TO EAT,

THERE WAS A KNOCK ON OUR DOOR.

IT WAS AGENTS FROM THE ATF,

AND THEY HAD ARRIVED WITH SOME
UNTHINKABLE NEWS FOR MILDRED.

"WE'RE GONNA NAME
YOUR EX-HUSBAND,

JOHN MUHAMMAD, AS THE SNIPER."

I-I SAID, "WHAT? JOHN?"

CAN YOU IMAGINE
SOMEONE COMING IN...

A FEDERAL AGENT...
AND TELLING YOU,

"BY THE WAY,
THAT WAS SOMEONE YOU MARRIED.

THAT'S THE FATHER
OF YOUR CHILDREN"?

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE BEING
PUNCHED IN THE HEAD.

POLICE INFORMED MILDRED

THAT JOHN
HAD CARRIED OUT THE KILLINGS

WITH A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY
NAMED LEE BOYD MALVO.

JOHN BEFRIENDED MALVO

WHILE HE WAS IN ANTIGUA
WITH THE CHILDREN.

MUHAMMAD DOMINATED THAT DUO,

AND HE WAS THE CALCULATING,
DIABOLICAL INFLUENCER.

MUHAMMAD AND MALVO

BEGAN THEIR RAMPAGE
IN WASHINGTON STATE

AND THEN DROVE CROSS-COUNTRY,

ALLEGEDLY MURDERING PEOPLE ALONG
THE WAY UNTIL THEY REACHED D.C.

TO CARRY OUT THE REST
OF THEIR DEADLY PLAN.

I ONLY THOUGHT
HE WAS GONNA KILL ME.

I NEVER, EVER THOUGHT HE WOULD
INCLUDE OTHER PEOPLE.

IT WAS A SHOCK.

WE COULD NOT BELIEVE JOHN
WOULD KILL SOMEONE.

AND POLICE
HAD REASON TO SUSPECT

THAT JOHN HAD
ONE CLEAR OBJECTIVE

BEHIND HIS KILLING SPREE...
MILDRED.

THE THEORY WAS
THAT HE WAS GOING

TO MAKE MY MURDER
LOOK LIKE A RANDOM SHOOTING

SO THAT THE EVIDENCE
WOULD NOT POINT BACK TO HIM.

THEN HE WOULD COME IN
AS THE GRIEVING FATHER

TO CLAIM THE CHILDREN.

IN JOHN'S QUEST
TO MURDER HIS EX-WIFE,

HE SHOT AND KILLED
10 INNOCENT PEOPLE

AND SEVERELY WOUNDED THREE.

OF ALL THE PLACES
THAT THEY COULD HAVE WENT

IN THE UNITED STATES,
IN CANADA, IN MEXICO,

THEY WENT TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND, FOR ONE REASON...

REVENGE.

AND THAT'S THE REVENGE
AGAINST MILDRED.

ON OCTOBER 24, 2002,

JOHN MUHAMMAD AND LEE BOYD MALVO
WERE FINALLY ARRESTED.

AUTHORITIES
HAD MATCHED A FINGERPRINT

FROM ONE OF THE CRIMES TO MALVO

AND HAD POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED
MUHAMMAD AFTER A PHONE TIP.

THERE WAS NO HUMANITY
IN JOHN MUHAMMAD.

THERE WAS NO HUMANITY.

HE'S A KILLING MACHINE.
HE WOULD HAVE KEPT KILLING.

ONE YEAR AFTER THE SHOOTINGS,

JOHN MUHAMMAD WAS FOUND GUILTY
OF CAPITAL MURDER,

CONSPIRACY,
AND FIREARMS CHARGES.

MALVO WAS ALSO FOUND GUILTY
OF MURDER, TERRORISM,

AND UNLAWFUL USE OF A FIREARM.

OF ALL THE KILLERS
THAT I'VE SEEN IN MY CAREER

OF 36 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,

MUHAMMAD STANDS OUT, I THINK,

AS A GUY WHO'S
AN ICE-COLD-BLOODED KILLER.

MILDRED NO LONGER
FEARS FOR HER LIFE,

BUT SHE STILL FEELS THE STING

OF BEING THE EX-WIFE
OF THE D.C. SNIPER.

PEOPLE BLAMED ME
AND MY CHILDREN,

AND THEY FELT THAT IF I WOULD
HAVE STAYED WITH JOHN,

THEN HE JUST WOULD HAVE
KILLED ME.

AND NO MATTER HOW MANY
YEARS PASS SINCE THE TRAGEDY,

MILDRED WILL NEVER FORGET
ALL THE VICTIMS

THAT DIED AT THE HANDS
OF HER EX-HUSBAND.

SHE DID FEEL GUILTY,

AND SHE CRIED TO ME,

AND SHE SAID, "I TRIED. I TRIED
TO TELL EVERYBODY I KNEW."

SHE SAYS, "YOU WERE THERE.
YOU KNOW."

AND I SAID, "YOU DID."

IT WAS NO EASY FEAT, BUT TODAY,

MILDRED CAN FINALLY SAY
SHE'S AT PEACE WITH THE PAST.

MILDRED IS
HITTING THE RESUME BUTTON.

THE CHILDREN ARE DOING WELL.

HER LIFE HAS BEEN PUTTING
TOGETHER THEIR LIVES

AND ALLOWING THE PROCESS
FOR THEM ALL TO HEAL,

AND I THINK THAT IS MIRACULOUS.

IT TOOK ME YEARS
TO FIND MY OWN VOICE,

TO STAND UP TO WHAT I BELIEVE,

AND THAT IS THE PERSON
THAT I AM TODAY.